As your going to be using only one card I'd advise going with an Intel chipset over an Nvidia chipset. The only reason to use an Nvidia chipset is if you wanted to use SLi. As your planning to use a single card you'll get better performance out of an Intel chipset

i cant shop at newegg.. they keep sending it to my old adress, thanks though . i only shop at tigerdirect D:

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What do you mean? I'm sure if you give them a new address, they will send it to you. But you can look for those products on tigerdirect, and others like them, they will likely be a tad more expensive, but shouldn't be anything too bad.

edit: Tiger direct has a poor selection of motherboards I see. If you can do newegg, that would be best. If not, you might even be better off seeing if you have a microcenter, compusa, or other similar store around you (small companies w/ cheap prices).

Is it this one your looking at? There's nothing necessarily wrong w/ it considering what it is, but it won't allow you to max your hardware and leave room for expansion and upgrades the way other boards could. Also, what proc are you using? You won't be able to oc on that motherboard very much at all. Like someone else said, really the only reason to get nvidia chipsets is if your planning on having an sli set-up. Otherwise it's best to stick w/ intel.

Is it this one your looking at? There's nothing necessarily wrong w/ it considering what it is, but it won't allow you to max your hardware and leave room for expansion and upgrades the way other boards could. Also, what proc are you using? You won't be able to oc on that motherboard very much at all. Like someone else said, really the only reason to get nvidia chipsets is if your planning on having an sli set-up. Otherwise it's best to stick w/ intel.

Ok well most definately do not buy that board then. It doesn't support 45nm procs, so that's a no-go. You will need a p35, perhaps a g35 will support 45nm too. Before you make a decision, make sure that the board supports 45nm.

Ok well most definately do not buy that board then. It doesn't support 45nm procs, so that's a no-go. You will need a p35, perhaps a g35 will support 45nm too. Before you make a decision, make sure that the board supports 45nm.

Ok if your looking for 45nm support OUT OF THE BOX, go with P43. If you need a wider range of cpu support a 610i, not much of a difference from that to the 630i/610i boards they just have better onboard graphics. My .02.

im still confused.. the 630i wont take 45nm? where can i check to see if x is 45nm

and what type of CPU works with that 630i? cuz i like that mobo and logan said some good things about it.. and once again newegg is forbidden from me

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Well, I know the 650i and 680i don't take 45nm, so I can only assume the 630i also doesn't take it. You also won't be able to do much w/ it on that chipset in the way of overclocking, which is critical if your doing cheap gaming. Most vendors have cpu support lists on their websites for their mb, but I can't find it on evga's, but it's probably there somewhere. The p43 suggestion from jr is a good idea, b/c even p35s and the like will need a BIOS update before they can handle the e7200.

Jr, is the p43 an evolution of the g33? Or p31? Or is it something new, do you know?

im pretty sure g33 will also be a good out of the box 7200, cuz i see builds of quad on it

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Quads, 65nm quads, will go in pretty much any intel chipset. 45nm chips are newer and not always supported. The e7200 is among the newest of the 45nm chips and so it is supported even less. The g33 will probably support it, but almost definately will need a bios update before it can. So no, it won't be good out of the box.